CLAIRE ELLEN

Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

CLAIRE ELLEN is a 2024 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2023, most recently in February 2025, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2023 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 19 February 2025.

Built: 2024
Last inspected: 19 February 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 19 February 2025

Recorded inspections2

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2023–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

1349074

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WDP7225

1838691

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1838691

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)70.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 131 / net 105

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBLAKELEY BOATWORKS INC · MOBILE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2024

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 2025 · expires 31 October 2026

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it131 - Simplified, Gross Ton
105 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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Inspection history · 2

19 February 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8081694

9 March 2023 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7648365

Deficiency record · 4

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Company verification, review and evaluation

Issued 9 March 2023 Resolved

Provide objective evidence of a satisfactory external audit conducted by the cognizant third-party organization within six months of issuance of the initial COI. Failure to complete and provide evidence of this audit will result in the vessel being reverted to the Coast Guard Inspection Option, suspension of vessel operations, or COI revocation, as determined by the OCMI.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 April 2025
Resolved 11 March 2025
Resolution: External audit completed 3/11/25.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 9 March 2023 Resolved

There shall be one 40-B portable fire extinguisher fitted in the engine room for each 1000 brake horsepower of the main engines or fraction thereof. The two extinguishers in the engine room were 10-B:C extinguishers. Replace extinguishers with at least 40-B extinguishers. 46CFR142.230(b)(2)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 3 October 2024
Resolved 3 October 2024
Resolution: Two 120-B:C extinguishers were installed in the fiddley and were in excess of the required number and type of extinguishers. Swapped 120-B:C extinguishers with 10-B:C extinguishers.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 9 March 2023 Resolved

Each distribution panel must be of the dead-front type. Distribution panels 201 and 202 were missing blanks. 46CFR143.560(a)(2)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 3 October 2024
Resolved 3 October 2024
Resolution: Installed blanks in both distribution panels.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire control plan

Issued 9 March 2023 Resolved

Fire control plan listed two heat detectors in galley. Galley is installed with one heat detector and one smoke detector. FCP listed two 15lb CO2 portable extinguishers in the engine room. The engine room 15lb extinguishers did not meet the 40-B requirements in 46CFR142.230(b) and were replaced. Update plan to reflect smoke and heat detectors in galley and correct type of extinguishers in engine room. 46CFR144.145(g)(9)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 3 October 2024
Resolved 3 October 2024
Resolution: Plan was updated.

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.